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Children and Social Work Bill: main measures, key questions

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Sector leaders explain how proposals in the Children and Social Work Bill could affect care leavers, safeguarding and adoption services, as well as the impact they will have for social workers and councils.

Fostering success in Staying Put

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Sufficient funding and good communication with foster carers are key to improving Staying Put take-up.

Children in Care: Policy and Practice

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Special supplement on the latest innovation and implementation of policy reforms to enable children in care to lead healthy, happy lives.

Cameron speech reignites debate over children's services 'market'

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister highlighted children's social care as ripe for reform in a speech this month, with failing services handed to trusts or other providers to run. Children's services experts give their views on what this means for the years ahead

Legal Update: Young people stay put to get ahead

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Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Care leavers are still not reaching their full potential. Amber Rowsell, trainee solicitor at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines whether an increase in the use of staying put arrangements could be the answer.

Daily roundup: Charity chief, care system, and mosque vandalism

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Andy Elvin appointed new chief executive of Tact; NSPCC study reveals cost of children returning home from care; and mosque vandalised in wake of child sexual exploitation scandal, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care leavers, free school meals, and Rotherham

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Monday, September 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Many councils use B&Bs to accommodate care leavers; free school meals problems in Dorset; and Rotherham Council chief executive to leave post in wake of abuse scandal, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Haringey told to improve children's social care, major early intervention guide launched, and Nicky Morgan pledges to continue tough stance on term-time holidays, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

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Monday, June 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years bursary scheme funds a handful of applicants; gifted poor children less likely than affluent peers to attend top universities; and Bournemouth children's services requires improvement says Ofsted, all in the news today.

Extended stay

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils have a legal duty to provide financial support for young people who want to stay put with their foster families until they are aged 21. Joe Lepper asks how it will work and whether it can be extended to young people in residential care.

CYP Now Children in Care Supplement 2014

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Friday, May 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Policy and practice: How to support looked-after children to lead healthy, fulfilling lives, and implement recent policy reforms.

Calls for clarity on breakdown of foster care support funding

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils back the government's commitment to extend support to care leavers up to 21, but want to know how the £40m fund will be shared out.

Daily roundup: Gang crime, adoption powers and state boarding school

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Friday, December 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Fall in youth violence since riots; BAAF welcomes changes to proposed adoption powers; and planners hinder state boarding school bid, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Childcare funding, child abduction and Birmingham social work

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Thursday, December 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Labour considers "big" childcare offer at next election; parental child abduction cases on the rise; and councillor hopeful for future of Birmingham social work services, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care applications, child health and social workers

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Data reveals decrease in care applications; slight fall in child obesity levels; and social workers elected to College of Social Work faculties, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Benefit cap, DCS appointment, and looked-after children

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Friday, December 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Struggling families set to be hit by benefit cap, say poverty campaigners; new director of children's services in Leicestershire; and improvements to the care system in Scotland are too slow, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, youth unemployment and children's centres

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Government's response on child sexual exploitation criticised; small rise in youth unemployment; and minister plays down significance of children's centre closures, all in the news today.

News roundup: IRO case settlement, breakfast club, child protection

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Friday, June 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Independent reviewing officer settles whistleblowing case, Blackpool breakfast club gets glowing report, and DfE looks to change safeguarding rules as a result of teacher child porn case, all in the news today

CYP Now Children in Care Supplement 2013

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Providing a chance to thrive: How to secure the best outcomes for looked-after children against the backdrop of reduced budgets and rising demand.

Daily roundup: Care leavers' charter, missing children in Kent, and homeless families in B&B accommodation

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson launches a Charter for Care Leavers, concerns over missing children in Kent, and the number of homeless families in temporary accommodation in Westminster rises again, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Social work practice pilots, sexual exploitation in Derby and mental health in schools

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

| CYP Now

An evaluation of social work practices, the British Association of Social Workers gives its views on sexual exploitation in Derby, and a new mental health guide for schools, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Praise for Lambeth Council, sports coaching and primary school places

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Monday, July 23, 2012

| CYP Now

A letter from the children's minister to Lambeth, the effect of child protection on sports coaching and plans to deal with the population boom, all in today's news roundup.

Data Check: Accommodation for children in care

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Monday, July 25, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has produced a data pack on children's homes with the aim of helping local authorities and providers offer effective and stable placements for children in care.

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Children and Social Work Bill: main measures, key questions

Fostering success in Staying Put

Children in Care: Policy and Practice

Cameron speech reignites debate over children's services 'market'

Legal Update: Young people stay put to get ahead

Daily roundup: Charity chief, care system, and mosque vandalism

Daily roundup: Care leavers, free school meals, and Rotherham

Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays

Daily roundup: Childcare training, education outcomes and Ofsted inspections

Extended stay

CYP Now Children in Care Supplement 2014

Calls for clarity on breakdown of foster care support funding

Daily roundup: Gang crime, adoption powers and state boarding school

Daily roundup: Childcare funding, child abduction and Birmingham social work

Daily roundup: Care applications, child health and social workers

Daily roundup: Benefit cap, DCS appointment, and looked-after children

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, youth unemployment and children's centres

News roundup: IRO case settlement, breakfast club, child protection

CYP Now Children in Care Supplement 2013

Daily roundup: Care leavers' charter, missing children in Kent, and homeless families in B&B accommodation

Daily roundup: Social work practice pilots, sexual exploitation in Derby and mental health in schools

Daily roundup: Praise for Lambeth Council, sports coaching and primary school places

Data Check: Accommodation for children in care

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